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Mother Nature Sends a Pink Slip
- Appalachian Heritage
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Volume 19, Number 1, Winter 1991
- p. 5
- 10.1353/aph.1991.0094
- Article
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Mother Nature Sends a Pink Slip To: Homo Sapiens Re: Termination My business is producing life. The bottom line is you are not cost-effective workers. Over the millenia, I have repeatedly clarified my management goals and objectives. Your failure to comply is well-documented. It stems from your inability to be a team player: —you interact badly with co-workers —contaminate the workplace —sabotage the machinery —hold up production —consume profits In short, you are a disloyal species. Within the last decade I have given you three warnings: —made the workplace too hot for you —shaken up your home office —utilized plague to cut back personnel Your failure to take appropriate action has locked these warnings into the Phase-Out Mode, which will result in termination. No appeal. —Marilou Awiakta 5 ...